Literary Devices

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a sentence.

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Simile

Back

A comparison using "like" or "as."

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Personification

Back

Giving human-like qualities to non-living things.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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Pi attempts to catch fish for food.

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Fish

Front

The setting of Life of Pi is a life boat in the middle of the ocean.

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A life boat in the middle of the ocean

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Entrusted means something that is carried with great difficulty or obligation.

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Entrusted

Front

Given the responsibility of doing something or caring for someone or something

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Entrusted

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Characterized by empathy, the ability to identify with the feelings or thoughts of others

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Empathic

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Feeling responsible for surviving an accident

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Survivor guilt